Listography Nerd Gets Hungry

Today's post is a brainless one with no point.
Yup.

The other night I was super tired but couldn't sleep, so I started compiling a list of my favorite foods.  If there are two things that I have an unnatural amount of love for, they are lists and food.  All rolled into one..... it's a way to pass the time.

PRE-MADE SNACK STUFF
Italian Rose salsa
Southwestern Ranch Baked Lays (dicontinued)
Spicy Cayenne & Cheese Kettle Cooked Lays (discontinued)
Krunchers BBQ potato chips
Munchies jalapeno cheddar sandwich crackers (previously Doritos branded)
Snyder's mustard & onion pretzels
Cashwes
Pizza Rools, three meat flavor
Tickle Me Pickles spicy dill pickle spears

ACTUAL FOOD
Grits, overcooked, with salt only
Tutto Mare
Seafood gumbo
Seafood bisque
Corn chowder
Mashed potatoes with corn mixed in
Anchovy caesar dressing

PROTEIN
Crab legs
Spicy venison slim jims
Andouille sausage

FRUIT
Rambutan
Strawberries
Blackberries
Peaches
Zucchini

NON-FRUIT PRODUCE
Yellow and green onions
Sweet green peas
Corn
Red potatoes

SWEET STUFF
Chocolate covered strawberries
Terry's chocolate oranges
Life cinnamon cereal
Reese's Puffs cereal
Breyer's Birthday Blast ice cream
Ben & Jerry's cake batter ice cream
Starburst FlavoReds
Green apple licorice
Jelly Belly buttered popcorn jelly beans
SourPatch watermelon

ASIAN FOODS
Okonomi yaki
Shumai
Plain fried rice with extra onion
Hot & sour soup
Spicy Japanese mayo
Tao Kae Noi crispy seaweed
Gim rolls
Veggie mandu

DRINKS
Chocolate milk
Pepsi
Peach Vesss
Appletiser


I have a weird palate.  And a weird way of passing the time.  But since I'm a geek about both lists and food, I found this post suitable enough.

A Visually Impaired Take on "Daredevil"

The husband and I have not had cable since maybe 2011, so I watch a lot of Netflix and Hulu.  Often times, I find myself with nothing to watch in between new episodes of Supernatural on Hulu.  So hubs and I started watching the Netflix original series of Daredevil.

2003 Daredevil (Affleck)

I saw the Ben Affleck flick years ago when it was new, and found it entertaining enough.  Superhero movies weren't as big yet as they are now.  It was 2003, so I also hadn't been diagnosed with Stargardt's yet.  I'll admit that most of my existing Daredevil knowledge comes from this early 2000's film.  I've accrued slightly more trivia over the years, along with the realization that Daredevil is definitely not the most popular or most "OP" of the Marvel heroes.

2015 Daredevil (Cox)

Matt Murdoch aka Daredevil is a blind man with super senses due to an accident involving chemicals.  Super hearing, super sensitive to touch, awesome olfactory, and I assume some pretty pumped up taste buds.  Pretty cool.  I realize it comes with consequences, but I wouldn't turn these super senses down.  Here's my beef.

• He can hear a conversation from a rooftop or from blocks away.  The scene where he is kicking Vladmir's ass?  The cops get the jump on him.  Shouldn't he have heard them coming long before they arrived?  I mean, maybe he was really into the pummeling, but there were a lot of cops.  That's a lot of noise.
• The guy obviously doesn't need his cane to get around.  I assume this is his attempt at pulling a "Clark Kent" persona of a normal blind guy.  If that is the case, he is doing a terrible job.  My biggest pet peeve:  He is way too good at looking people in the eye.
• I posed the question of how Murdoch picks things up off the ground in one simple swipe.  Hubs suggested that vibrations and sounds let him "see" it, in his way.  I guess.  But what about Stick?  How does Stick seem to have the same super senses that Murdoch does?  Being blind and bad-ass doesn't give you super powers.  I promise.
• With his other four senses all suped up, he gets around Hell's Kitchen with ease.  However, this dude still needs braille to read.  You can't smell, taste, or hear the written word.  That means that he can't read signs on stores, or read menus, or even see the crosswalk sign turn and give the "ok" to cross.  Which super power does he use to conquer these foes?

We haven't finished the show yet.  I'm sure I'd find more qualms upon examination.  These are just some of the things that I think about from my side of the visually impaired table.  There may very well be an answer to each of them tucked away inside the expansive Marvel universe somewhere.  But, in my opinion, being a regular guy with four amped senses and zero sight does not a superhero make.  That's probably why he gets his butt kicked so much.

Prologue

I tried the private blog for my innermost thoughts, designated for my eyes only.
I tried the public blog that was super structured and somewhat impersonal.

But I watched a movie recently, and I think I'm ready to handle the public free-form blog.
Here's what I've got going for me this time:

• I'm no longer an angsty, whiny teenager.
• I am reasonably skilled with spelling and grammar.
• I'm honest, but not insensitive.
• I've got quirkiness to spare, but not so much it's off-putting.

That being said, I'm not going viral anytime soon.  I have a few things going against me:

• My life is far from drama-filled.
• I'm not super smokin' hot with an Instagram packed full of scintillating selfies.
• I've never been popular in any format, and I don't see the universe doing a 180 now.
• I'm not as well versed as I could be in the realm of optimal exploitation of social media.

I guess I could beef those lists up a bit, but they both have four, making them even, so that looks nice.  I'll stop there.